# Fargo Season 5 discussion (Starts 21NOV2023) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [November 16, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-season-5-discussion-starts-21nov2023/993228 "2023-11-16T08:16:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-season-5-discussion-starts-21nov2023/993228/401 "2024-05-25T20:39:20Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Season 1 (scenes without Martin Freeman) What?- Martin was great in that show! It is S4 i didnt like. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-season-5-discussion-starts-21nov2023/993228/402 "2024-05-25T20:49:51Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > By contrast, season 3 was supposed to be peak depression, and it succeeded admirably. I would call it peak self-indulgent baloney (the trip to California, the animated robot story, a mysterious vomiting villain with a silly plan, gratuitous cameo by the deaf guy from Season 1, Ray Wise hanging out in a bar telling cryptic stories, etc.). > [@DrDeth](#): > > What?- Martin was great in that show! If he had used his regular voice, I think I would have loved his performance. But his accent was so phony that I found it incredibly distracting every time he opened his mouth. He might as well have been doing a terrible Ed Sullivan impression (as far as I was concerned). ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-season-5-discussion-starts-21nov2023/993228/403 "2024-05-26T02:19:12Z")
I’m with you. Season 1 remains my favorite, partly for Martin Freeman and the other half for Allison Tolman. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-season-5-discussion-starts-21nov2023/993228/404 "2024-05-26T13:32:39Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > But his accent was so phony that I found it incredibly distracting How did you make it through the original film? Exaggerated, phony accents are kinda Fargo’s _thing_. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-season-5-discussion-starts-21nov2023/993228/405 "2024-05-26T13:39:36Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Exaggerated, phony accents are kinda Fargo’s _thing_. I found most of the accents pretty similar to the actor’s real voice in the film, whereas Martin Freeman’s was on a par with Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. YMMV, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-season-5-discussion-starts-21nov2023/993228/406 "2024-05-26T13:55:50Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > whereas Martin Freeman’s was on a par with Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. What are you talking about? His performance as the elder Mr. Dawes was amazing! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-season-5-discussion-starts-21nov2023/993228.md?page=20)